Uppsala Cathedral and Uppsala Castle, historic landmarks and symbols of power. ... today it harbours behind its long pink ...

Uppsala is the seat of Sweden's archbishop and the centre of the nation's religious life. Work on the twin-spired cathedral began in the 13th century and was finally completed in 1435.

Uppsala, Sweden’s fourth-largest city, is the best side-trip from Stockholm—just under an hour away by train. This happy town is Sweden’s answer to Oxford, offering stately university ...

A cathedral chaplain calls it "a very special occasion," though it sounds rather grisly: Swedish researchers on Wednesday opened an 850-year-old coffin containing the remains of the country's King ...

This cathedral likely sees more tourists than worshippers. Before the year 2000, Sweden was a Lutheran state, with the Church of Sweden as its official religion.

Two years ago, she got permission to open a reliquary (a container used to hold objects deemed holy) at the Uppsala Cathedral, to study the bones of Erik Jedvardsson, a medieval Swedish king ...